ca-hotdailynews: 2015-06-20 Canada English Health

Canadian company stops Ebola drug trial for lack of results
Digital Journal
Trials have ceased of what was thought to be a promising drug to treat West Africans infected with the Ebola virus. Canadian company, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, announced that its TKM-Ebola drug trials in Sierra Leone have been stopped.
Tekmira Says Ebola Drug Unlikely to Work in Study   ABC News
Company Stops Testing of Ebola Drug in Sierra Leone   NBCNews.com

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Vaughan parents relieved after girl receives liver transplant from mom
Toronto Star
As one couple's struggle to find a liver donor for their infant daughter has ended, they've taken up the cause of another child in desperate need. Immense relief could be heard in the voice of Peter Budziak, whose 9-month-old daughter is recovering at Sick ...

Mother saves baby's life after 1000 offers of liver donation   CTV News
Little Delfina ends up receiving liver from mother   Toronto Sun
9-month-old girl receives liver transplant from mother after massive online ...   Globalnews.ca
680 News
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Doctors urged to look for eating disorder in young kids
Hamilton Spectator
Your child may simply be a fussy eater or he culd have a condition called avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder that causes him to shum foods with too much texture or refuse to eat all but a few foods. next play/pause pre 1/1. Hamilton Spectator. By Helen ...

STAFFORD | Eating Disorder? All I Taste is BS   640 Toronto News
Experts Weigh in on Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder   PsychCentral.com (blog)
More than just picky eating   HealthCanal.com
Uncover Michigan
Northern Californian
CTV News
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Father's Day walk/run: Moving on after prostate cancer
Vancouver Sun
METRO VANCOUVER -- Len Gross knows well the difficulties men can experience after a prostate cancer diagnosis. When doctors spelled it out for him in 1992, his life changed in almost the blink of an eye. Big plans were put on hold, largely because he was ...

Conquering Cancer: Personalized Medicine Is the Future   Huffington Post
Fighting Back Against Prostate Cancer on Father's Day: Len Gross   Empire State Tribune
Tune Up: Tests and Exams Especially for Men   Press-Enterprise
Fox News
Kansas City Star (blog)
ARL now
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Canadian Mum Outraged After Genetic Screening Company Uses Photo Of ...
Yahoo Lifestyle UK
A Canadian mum is fighting back after a photo of her young daughter was used by a Swiss bio-medical company on a poster for a prenatal testing kit. Via Christie Hoos/So Here's Us... In March, Christie Hoos wrote an entry on her blog So Here's Us….
Canadian mom outraged after genetic screening company uses photo of ...   Yahoo Canada Shine On
This woman's photo of her daughter with Down syndrome was stolen and used ...   Business Insider Australia
Photo of Langley girl with special needs used in genetic screening ad without ...   Vancity Buzz
CBC.ca
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Caregiver Dementia: Oh Yea, It's Real.
U.S. News & World Report
For years, we've read that Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia. That's not entirely true. The leading cause is “caregiver dementia,” which strikes an estimated 100 million overwhelmed and stressed-out caregivers worldwide. The term was ...

Feds focus on dementia awareness campaign   Spruce Grove Examiner
Mungall hosting workshops to build dementia-friendly communities   Nelson Star
Caring for dementia patients requires special skills   Hartford Courant
Communitycare.co.uk
Alzheimer's News Today
The National Law Review
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BC SPCA urges vaccinations for dogs after puppy dies from viruses
Times Colonist
The B.C. SPCA is urging pet owners to vaccinate their dogs, after a puppy died from an excruciating but preventable combination of viruses. The four-month-old pit bull died of parvovirus and the less common distemper virus, an investigation found.
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Death of puppy prompts BC SPCA warning   CHEK
Victoria Pet Owners Urged to Vaccinate Dogs After Death of Puppy   KelownaNow
Death of puppy prompts warning in Victoria   Victoria News
CTV Vancouver Island
Globalnews.ca
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Pediatrician blasts North East LHIN at hospital AGM
NorthernLife.ca
Dr. Nicolas Steinmetz, an associate professor of pediatrics at McGill University, and chair emeritus of the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, was critical of the North East Local Health Integration Network during a speech at Health Sciences North's ...

We're now 'high-physician needy'   Bay Today
Questions need to be answered   Timmins Press
Hospice selection process on hold   The North Bay Nugget

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